Pakistan v England: sixth men’s T20 cricket international - live
3m ago 10.47 EDT WICKET! Pakistan 15-2 (Shan LBW b Willey 0) Shan Masood goes for a duck. He missed a bread-and-butter work across the line at Willey and was given out LBW by Rashid Riaz. Shan reviewed, hoping it might have been high, but replays showed it was hitting the top of leg stump. Pakistan lose a wicket and a review.
Updated at 10.47 EDT
7m ago 10.43 EDT WICKET! Pakistan 14-1 (Haris c Rashid b Gleeson 7) Mohammad Haris gets off the mark with a swagger, clouting the new bowler Richard Gleeson back over his head for six. But he falls later in the over, steering a short ball straight to Rashid at short third man. It was good bowling from Gleeson, who followed Haris as he backed away.
Updated at 10.44 EDT
12m ago 10.38 EDT 2nd over: Pakistan 5-0 (Babar 4, Haris 0) There was a soupcon of swing for Topley, so David Willey – always dangerous when the white ball moves in the air - is going to share the new ball. Babar mistimes a couple of attacking strokes, which suggests the pitch might not be the best, and there are just three runs from the over.
15m ago 10.35 EDT 1st over: Pakistan 2-0 (Babar 1, Haris 0) Reece Topley starts the innings with a wide, but he soon finds his range and ends the over with five successive dot balls to the debutant Mohammad Haris. Haris looks a bit nervouis, as you’d expect, and misses a very ambitious reverse lap.
21m ago 10.29 EDT Here come the players. It’s a fresh pitch today, and there’s a new face – the 21-year-old debutant Mohammad Haris.
Updated at 10.30 EDT
45m ago 10.05 EDT Team news Both teams make two changes. Shahnawaz Dahani and the debutant Mohammad Haris replace Haris Rauf and Mohammad Rizwan, who are rested. England bring in Reece Topley and Richard Gleeson for Mark Wood and Chris Woakes. Still no sign of Jos Buttler, though it sounds like it’s just a precaution. Pakistan Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Haris (wk), Shan Masood, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Asif Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Aamer Jamal, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mohammad Wasim. England Salt (wk), Hales, Malan, Duckett, Brook, Ali (c), Curran, Willey, Rashid, Gleeson, Topley.
Updated at 10.14 EDT
48m ago 10.01 EDT England have won the toss (again) and will bowl first (again) “We have to chase well and win the game,” says their captain Moeen Ali. Babar Azam says he would have made the same decision.
Updated at 10.02 EDT
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